Here’s how much the City of Surrey spent on its legal challenge to the police transition

The City of Surrey spent nearly $1.3 million on legal fees for its failed challenge to the provincial government’s order that it must continue the transition to a municipal police force.
Spending details provided to CTV News Vancouver in response to a Freedom of Information request show the city received invoices totaling $1,283,065.99 for legal services related to its petition for judicial review in the B.C. Supreme Court. That total includes “fees, disbursements, and GST,” according to the city.
Additional costs” related to the court case are still being calculated, the city said. The city also spent more than $80,000 on lawyer and former RCMP deputy commissioner Peter German, who advised the city on its legal case. Here’s how much the City of Surrey spent on its legal challenge to the police transition. Peter German & Associates Inc. submitted invoices to the city totaling $29,432.03 for work completed between October and December 2023, the city said in its latest FOI response. That total was in addition to $50,935.51 the city had previously disclosed in response to an earlier FOI request. Combined, those amounts equal $80,367.54. Notably, the provincial government refused to provide an accounting of its own legal costs in response to a media inquiry, describing the information as “privileged”…
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